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Topical 12/11/19

Narrabri ADFAS was also right up to date with the recent lecture on England’s famed Blenheim Palace. Blenheim was in the news not so long ago because in September thieves stole its solid gold toilet worth about $6 million. A $100,000 reward has been offered for its...

Topical 12/11/19

Narrabri ADFAS is ahead of the curve in choosing its guest lecturers. Recently the ADFAS monthly lecture focussed on renowned British - Iranian architect the late Dame Zaha Hadid. Now it is announced that her firm of architects will design the new $5.5 billion Western...

Thumbs up 12/11/19

Thumbs up to the driver with strong convictions about climate change I saw on the weekend - she was driving a petrol powered car with ‘No Mines’ stickers across the back window.

Thumbs down 12/11/19

Thumbs down to Narrabri Shire for the high rates. They are more than twice of some Sydney suburbs such as Beecroft (probably even Vaucluse).

Award recognises volunteer work

Boggabri Showground Trust president Barry Thomson was presented as a finalist in the prestigious Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Individual Excellence in Crown Land Management Awards at the 2019 NSW/ACT Regional Achievement and Community Awards Gala...

From HMAS Hobart to Narrabri

The polished brass casing of a five inch naval shell, fired by the Australian Navy missile destroyer HMAS Hobart 3 off the coast of California last year, has joined another shell casing as part of Narrabri RSL sub branch’s collection of military memorabilia. The shell...

Twilight mixed netball season now a month old after round four

Narrabri’s Bev Burrows Netball Courts hosted 15 matches of mixed netball on Thursday evening as the Narrabri Netball Association’s twilight mixed season reached round four. The nine scheduled senior matches went ahead with a mixture of close games and convincing...

Remembrance Day

Services have been held across the country to mark Remembrance Day including in Narrabri, Wee Waa and Boggabri. "At 11am on November 11, 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four years of continuous warfare," said Wee Waa High School captain MacKenzie...

Cartoon 08/11/19

Goals galore in round three of mixed comp

The third round of the Narrabri Netball Association’s 2019 twilight mixed netball competition was contested at the Bev Burrows Courts last Thursday. Goals came in abundance throughout the evening as several teams scored comfortable victories. Pool A heavyweights Choc...

Narrabri netballers compete at Koori Netball Tournament

Each year on the last weekend of October the NSW Department of Sport hosts the Koori Netball Tournament in Charlestown, Newcastle. The tournament attracts Aboriginal communities from across NSW with an aim of increasing participation of Aboriginal women and men in...

Stingrays host first race evening

The Narrabri Stingrays hosted its first race evening of the season last Thursday and it was a major success for the club. The Stingrays opened the season with a higher number of swimmers than any regular evening last season. Narrabri Stingrays head coach Fiona Connell...